female founders

Nancy Hairston, CEO and founder of MEDCad
Success

This founder went from designing Happy Meal toys to making prosthetic skulls for a living—and her company now rakes in $20 million a year

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November 2, 2025
Late July and Nixie founder Nicole Bernard Dawes
Success

Founder of $100 million company says she quit her day job to rebuild her father’s Cape Cod chip empire—and there ‘wasn’t time’ to worry about nepotism

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October 26, 2025
AI will save us time. The real question is what we’ll do with it
Future of Work

AI will save us time. The real question is what we’ll do with it

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October 24, 2025
Martha Stewart says ‘retirement is not an option.’ Instead, she has a new skincare brand at 84
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Martha Stewart says ‘retirement is not an option.’ Instead, she has a new skincare brand at 84

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October 24, 2025
Can celebrity brands really challenge unattainable beauty standards? Selena Gomez says yes
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Can celebrity brands really challenge unattainable beauty standards? Selena Gomez says yes

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October 22, 2025
Mackenzie Scott
Success

MacKenzie Scott has sold nearly half of her stake in Amazon, as the billionaire philanthropist casually donates over $110 million to DEI causes

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October 15, 2025
This entrepreneur saw losing her desk job as ‘my ticket to freedom.’ Now her products are sold in 9,000 stores
Success

This entrepreneur saw losing her desk job as ‘my ticket to freedom.’ Now her products are sold in 9,000 stores

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October 15, 2025
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on how her ‘complicated relationship’ with social media shaped her business strategy
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on how her ‘complicated relationship’ with social media shaped her business strategy

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October 14, 2025
Taylor Swift knows how to reclaim an insult. She just did it for the ‘girlboss’
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Taylor Swift knows how to reclaim an insult. She just did it for the ‘girlboss’

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October 6, 2025
The Bumble movie misses the most interesting part of founder Whitney Wolfe Herd’s story
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The Bumble movie misses the most interesting part of founder Whitney Wolfe Herd’s story

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September 29, 2025
Phoebe Gates
Success

Bill and Melinda French Gates gave their Gen Z daughter this piece of business advice before she launched her own $8 million startup

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September 17, 2025
Sara Blakely
Success

Spanx billionaire founder kept the brand a secret—even from family—for a year. If she hadn’t, she says she’d probably still be selling fax machines

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September 16, 2025
Does a beauty brand need a female CEO? Glossier’s latest hire is a test case
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Does a beauty brand need a female CEO? Glossier’s latest hire is a test case

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September 16, 2025
How a Swedish influencer turned her following into a mega-successful brand that did $36 million in sales last year
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How a Swedish influencer turned her following into a mega-successful brand that did $36 million in sales last year

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September 3, 2025
Leslie Feinzaig
Commentary

I’m rooting for female founders’ comebacks. And for the end of branding women, from girlboss to tradwife and all the way down

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August 27, 2025

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